SEATTLE-A reinvented relationship with the University of Washington allows Northwest real estate giant Unico Properties--restricted for the past 50 years from competing with the school's investments here, which it manages--to pursue opportunities inside city limits, though still not Downtown.

LONDON-The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has responded to the House of Commons Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee report on empty homes, which calls for strong government intervention to reverse the problem of empty housing prevalent in many northern towns.

SAN DIEGO-The station occupies 26,000 sf, including a street-side studio and newsroom with windows facing Horton Plaza and Broadway Avenue, reminiscent of NBC's TODAY Show in New York City's Rockefeller Center.

SAN FRANCISCO-A court battle between a developer and the city over a hotel conversion law has been resolved. The developer must pay more than $1 million to cover more than six years worth of affordable housing fees.